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Apr

29

2014

From Bookselling This Week: “Road Trip! A Tour of the West in Search of Sublime Bookstores”

The American Booksellers Association focused on bookstores in the West this week in an article by David Shapiro, founder and president of Craigmore Creations. Below is an excerpt. The full article can be found here. David Shapiro, the founder and president of Craigmore Creations, traveled from the Willamette Valley to the Grand Canyon to take …

Nov

29

2013

Indies First Saturday and Indie websites Cyber Monday

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We thought you might enjoy a little Sherman Alexie as you digest. http://youtu.be/UlTHVIu1Bl0 It’s that time of year, when shopping can get hectic and life might feel even busier. But may I please make one request? Your holiday gift to your community? Please share the shop local message with …

Jun

6

2013

Amazon—Those Jokers!

Apparently, independent bookstores are receiving phone calls from Amazon. Sorry for being so mean? Nope, more of a just thought I’d ask. Shelf Awareness wove together threads from Seattle’s The Stranger, L.A.’s Skylight Books and our friends Roger and Nancy Page at Island Books for this entertaining ditty on the, um, prospects of indies carrying Kindles.

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